- Compellable
- Compellable Com*pel"la*ble, a. Capable of being compelled or constrained. --Blackstone. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Compellable
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compellable — adjective see compel … New Collegiate Dictionary
compellable — See compel. * * * … Universalium
compellable — adj. constrainable; able to compel, influenceable … English contemporary dictionary
compellable — adjective Law (of a witness) able to be made to attend court or give evidence … English new terms dictionary
compellable — com·pel·la·ble … English syllables
compellable — ləbəl adjective : capable of being compelled … Useful english dictionary
compellable witness — noun : a person that can claim no exemption from testifying in a legal proceeding … Useful english dictionary
compel — compellable, adj. compellably, adv. compellent, adj. compeller, n. compellingly, adv. /keuhm pel /, v., compelled, compelling. v.t. 1. to force or drive, esp. to a course of action: His disregard of the rules compels us to dismiss him … Universalium
compellability — in the law of evidence, the power to make a witness come to court to testify. The general rule is that a competent witness is compellable. The sovereign and certain diplomats are competent but not compellable. Parliamentary privilege probably has … Law dictionary
The Seal of Confession — The Law of the Seal of Confession † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Law of the Seal of Confession In the Decretum of the Gratian who compiled the edicts of previous councils and the principles of Church law which he published about 1151,… … Catholic encyclopedia
